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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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