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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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