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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key 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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