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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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