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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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