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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the 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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