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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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