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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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