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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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