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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models 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 handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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