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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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