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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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