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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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