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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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