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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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