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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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