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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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