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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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