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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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