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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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