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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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