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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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