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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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