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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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