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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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