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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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