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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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