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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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