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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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