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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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