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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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