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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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