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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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