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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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