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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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