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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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