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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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