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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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