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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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