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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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