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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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