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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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