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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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