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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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