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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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