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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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