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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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