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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models 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 participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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