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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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