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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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