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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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