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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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