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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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