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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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