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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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