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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates 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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