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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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