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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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