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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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