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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes 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 MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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