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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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