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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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