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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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