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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important 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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