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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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