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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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