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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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