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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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