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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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