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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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