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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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