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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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