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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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