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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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