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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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