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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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