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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key 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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