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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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