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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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