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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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