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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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