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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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