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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers 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 experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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