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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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