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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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