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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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