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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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