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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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