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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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