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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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