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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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