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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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