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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key 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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