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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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