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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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