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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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