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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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