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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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