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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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