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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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