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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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