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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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