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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What 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 we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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