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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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