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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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