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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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