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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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