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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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