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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations 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 educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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