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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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