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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important 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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