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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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