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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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