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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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