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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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