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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the 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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