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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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