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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education