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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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