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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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