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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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