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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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