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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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