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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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