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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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