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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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