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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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