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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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