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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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