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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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