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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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