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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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