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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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