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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes 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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