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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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