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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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