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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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