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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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