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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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