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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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