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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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