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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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