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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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