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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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