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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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