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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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