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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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