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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also deals with 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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