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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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