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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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