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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information 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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