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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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