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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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