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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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