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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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