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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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