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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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