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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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