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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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