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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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