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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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