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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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