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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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