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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews 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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