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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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