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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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