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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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