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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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