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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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