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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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