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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes 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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