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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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