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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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