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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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