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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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