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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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