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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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