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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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