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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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