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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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