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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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