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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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