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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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