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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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