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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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