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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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