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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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