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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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