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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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