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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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