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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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