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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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