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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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