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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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