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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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