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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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