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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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