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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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