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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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