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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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