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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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