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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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