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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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