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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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