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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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