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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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