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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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