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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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