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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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