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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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