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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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