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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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