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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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