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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models 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 in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes 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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