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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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