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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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