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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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