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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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