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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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