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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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