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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the 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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