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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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