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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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