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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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