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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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