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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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