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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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