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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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