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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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