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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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