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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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