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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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