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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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