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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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