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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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