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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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