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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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