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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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