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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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