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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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