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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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