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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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