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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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