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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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