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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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