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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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