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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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