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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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