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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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