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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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