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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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