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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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