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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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