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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee 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 teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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