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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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