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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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