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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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