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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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