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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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