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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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