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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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