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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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