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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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