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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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