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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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