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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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