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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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