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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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