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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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