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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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