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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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