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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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