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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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