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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different 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 participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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