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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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