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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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