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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major 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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