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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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