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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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