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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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