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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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