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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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