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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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