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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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