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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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