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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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