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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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