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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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