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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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