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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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