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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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