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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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