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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources