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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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