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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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