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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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