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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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