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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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