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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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