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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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