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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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