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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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