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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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