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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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