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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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 typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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