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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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