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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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