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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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