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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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