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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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