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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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