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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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