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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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