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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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