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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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