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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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