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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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