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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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