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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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