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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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