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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always 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. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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