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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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