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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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