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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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