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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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