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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers 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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