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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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