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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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