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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different 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 organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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