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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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