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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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