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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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