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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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