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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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