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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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