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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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