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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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