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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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