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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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