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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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