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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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