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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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