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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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