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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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