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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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