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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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