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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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