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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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