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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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