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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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