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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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