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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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