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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

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