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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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