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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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