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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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