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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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