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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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