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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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