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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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