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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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