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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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