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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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