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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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