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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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