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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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