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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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