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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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