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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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