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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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