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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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