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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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