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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education