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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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