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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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