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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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