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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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