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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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