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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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