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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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