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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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