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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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