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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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