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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee 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 innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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