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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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