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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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