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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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