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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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