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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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