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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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