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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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