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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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