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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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