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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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