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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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