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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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