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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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