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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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