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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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