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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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