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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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