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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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