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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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