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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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