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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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