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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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