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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses 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 MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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