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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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