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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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