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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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