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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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