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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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