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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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