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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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