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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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