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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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