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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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