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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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