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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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