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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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