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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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