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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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