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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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