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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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