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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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