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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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