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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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