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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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