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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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