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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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