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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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