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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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