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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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