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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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