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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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