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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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