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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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