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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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