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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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