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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business 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 handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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