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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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