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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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