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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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