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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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