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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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