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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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