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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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