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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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