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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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