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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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