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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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