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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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