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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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