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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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