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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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