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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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