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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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