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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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