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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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