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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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