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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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