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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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