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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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