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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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