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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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