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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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