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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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