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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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