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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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