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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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