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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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