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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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