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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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