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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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