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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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