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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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