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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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