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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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