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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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