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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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