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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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