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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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