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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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