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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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