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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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