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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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