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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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