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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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