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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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