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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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