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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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