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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers 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 MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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