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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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