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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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