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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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