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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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