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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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