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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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