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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free 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 topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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