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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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