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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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