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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major 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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