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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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