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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business 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 deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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