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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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