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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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