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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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