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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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