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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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