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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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