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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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