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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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